Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Table 2. Bone mineral measurements from Î¼CT in femora and tibiae. Values are means (± SEM).

	1-Week		2-Week		4-Week		8-Week
	L1	C1	L2	C2	L4	C4	L8	C8
Femur	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=11	n=12
Ct. vBMD (g/cm³)	1.173 (.003)	1.178 (.004)	1.200 (.006)	1.213 (.010)	1.264 (.004)	1.262 (.006)	1.298 (.004)	1.298 (.005)
Ct. BMC (mg)	5.2 (.1)	4.9 (.3)	5.8 (.1)	5.9 (.1)	3.5. (.3)	4.1 (.6)	7.5 (.1)	7.4 (.1)
Tibia	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12	n=12
Ct. vBMD (g/cm³)	1.137 (.005)	1.147 (.005)	1.174 (.007)	1.178 (.005)	1.220 (.004)	1.210 (.003)	1.265 (.004)	1.268 (.006)
Ct. BMC (mg)	3.5 (.1)	3.7 (.1)	4.0 (.1)	4.0 (.1)	4.7 (.2)	4.5 (.1)	5.3 (.1)	5.0 (.1) *

*, significant difference between landing group and age-matched control group, p < 0.05. Ct., cortical; vBMD (g/cm³), volumetric bone mineral density; BMC, bone mineral content (mg).